Uppinagady Hijab case: Media persons allege assault by protesting students

Team Udayavani, Jun 2, 2022, 2:17 PM IST

Uppinangady: Media persons who had gone to cover the protest at a college here were allegedly assaulted by the students.

Six girl students were suspended from the government first-grade college at Uppinanady after they arrived in hijabs. The decision was taken after a staff meeting was held in the college. Following the incident, the students bunked the classes and started to protest on the college premises.

The protesting students allegedly assaulted media persons after locking them in the classroom and also forced them to delete the video recordings of the protest.

Police officials who arrived at the spot managed to settle the issue and dispersed the crowd.

The Hijab row escalated in Dakshina Kannada after a few girl students of the Mangalore University approached the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district seeking permission to wear the Islamic headscarves on the campus.

The Karnataka High Court on March 15 had dismissed the petition filed by some students of the Government Girl’s Pre-university College in Udupi district seeking permission to wear Hijab on the college campus.

The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi maintained the Hijab is not an essential religious practice and everyone should follow the uniform dress rule.